Heather Dern Myers

Heather Dern Myers serves Of Counsel with Myers Hill & Associates in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Her practice focuses on estate planning and administration, asset protection, Medicaid planning, and guardianship or conservatorship matters. She works with legal arrangements that help people protect property and prepare for changes in their circumstances. Her experience managing trust departments provides a practical perspective on wills, trusts, and fiduciary responsibilities.

Heather attended Shepherd University and obtained her law degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. She went on to obtain law licenses in both West Virginia and Virginia. Her legal education was complemented by more than twenty-five years working in bank trust administration. This combination of academic and professional experience informs her understanding of estate documents, trust management, and the responsibilities involved in administering assets.

Before focusing on legal practice, Myers managed bank trust departments for over twenty-five years. That work included practical experience administering wills and trusts and navigating obligations connected with beneficiaries and fiduciaries. She subsequently brought that background into an estate-focused legal practice. Her work addresses estate planning decisions, administration after death, Medicaid-related planning, and circumstances in which guardianship or conservatorship arrangements may be needed.

Heather Dern Myers brings an estate administration background to a law practice concerned with protecting assets and helping families manage significant transitions. As Of Counsel, she contributes insight developed through legal training and extensive trust-related experience. Her work supports people evaluating estate documents, considering planning for future care, and addressing the legal and financial responsibilities involved in managing or transferring assets.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Myers • Hill & Associates
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar
• Member, Virginia State Bar

Licensed State

• West Virginia
• Virginia

Education

• Washington and Lee University
  Law degree

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